Pillar made from the New Brig of Ayr

Key details

Object number: 3.5016
Date: 1877
On display: No

Description

Pillar made from the New Brig of Ayr with wooden top and silver inscription plate. In three parts.

Top inscription plate reads: 'From the "New Brig" of Ayr" When in A.D. 1877 it became a "Shapeless Cairn" fulfilling the prophesy of the Poet Burns'

Object information

Material

Wood
Plaster

Measurements

Depth: 19.8(cm)
Depth: 27.2(cm)
Depth: 31.5(cm)
Height: 5.5(cm)
Height: 69(cm)
Height: 9(cm)
Width: 23(cm)
Width: 30.6(cm)
Width: 34(cm)

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